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The Time and Place to Change Personalized, Non 12 Step, Private, Help. Comfortable retreat surroundings, a home-like atmosphere coupled with respect, privacy, and understanding, will help you feel welcome, supported, and capable of finding the best solution to your substance use .

The Freedom Model for Addictions

The Freedom Model for Addictionstext is for anyone seeking an empowering way to move permanently beyond addiction and other self-limiting behaviors without the encumbrances of perpetual recovery. No other approach to addiction contains this level of straight-forward facts and logic.

The Freedom Model Private Instruction

For those who are seeking a trained professional to help them learn The Freedom Model for Addictions, we offer The Freedom Model Private Instruction online. This includes one-on-one classes with a Certified Freedom Model Presenter via videoconferencing with Skype or Facetime.

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Will Naltrexone help me get over my drinking problem?

Naltrexone is as effective as a placebo. Its success as a miracle drug for alcoholics is grossly overstated. If you want to take the drug, and you already desire a change in your habit, then taking the drug will have effectively a zero contribution to what you have already decided to do. On the other hand, if you do not want to stop drinking or reduce your consumption, the drug won’t stop you from getting what you truly desire eventually – which in that case is more alcohol. In chapter 2 of The Freedom Model for Addictions, the research about this placebo effect is provided:

“A recent study of naltrexone for alcohol showed that both patients who were on the real drug and those on the placebo similarly reduced their craving and drinking. The fact is that those who believe it works had already figured out before they started taking the drug that they’d be happier with less substance use. Taking this drug was just a symbolic part of their decision to change. It may have provided a convenient storyline for them as well. It’s comforting to think that your behavior was the result of a disease and that you needed a pill to change it. That wipes away a lot of shame. The idea that this drug reduces cravings is an illusion though. The drug didn’t change these people; they changed themselves by changing their perspectives on the relative value of heavy substance use in their lives.

If we take their interpretation of their experiences as proof that naltrexone was what “worked” to reduce their desire for alcohol and then recommend that others with a strong desire for opiates or alcohol do the same, then we’ve missed the point of what really drove the change—“wanting it to work.” If you force people suffering from a strep infection to take penicillin, it wouldn’t matter whether they want or don’t want the medication to work; either way, the drug would eradicate the infection. Likewise, if a drug could remove cravings, then it wouldn’t matter whether someone had been coerced to take it or voluntarily took it because the drug would work regardless. But we see here that it does matter. In fact, based on the data, it’s the only thing that matters. People who don’t “want it to work” do not experience reduced cravings while on it. Desire is a matter of the mind, not one of pharmacological processes.”

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*In cases of physical withdrawal, medical treatment and/or medical detoxification services may be necessary. Consult with a licensed physician..The Freedom Model and the Freedom Model Retreats, divisions of Baldwin Research Institute, Inc., do not provide any services that require certification by New York State’s Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. The information in this book is designed to provide information and education on the subject of substance use and human behavior. This book is not meant to be used, nor should it be used, to diagnose or treat any associated condition. The publisher and authors are not responsible for any consequences from any treatment, action, application, or preparation, by any person or to any person reading or following the information in this book. The publisher has put forth its best efforts in preparing and arranging this. The information provided herein is provided “as is” and you read and use this information at your own risk. The publisher and authors disclaim any liabilities for any loss of profit or commercial or personal damages resulting from the use of the information contained in this book.

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*In cases of physical withdrawal, medical treatment and/or medical detoxification services may be necessary. Consult with a licensed physician..The Freedom Model and the Freedom Model Retreats, divisions of Baldwin Research Institute, Inc., do not provide any services that require certification by New York State’s Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. The information in this book is designed to provide information and education on the subject of substance use and human behavior. This book is not meant to be used, nor should it be used, to diagnose or treat any associated condition. The publisher and authors are not responsible for any consequences from any treatment, action, application, or preparation, by any person or to any person reading or following the information in this book. The publisher has put forth its best efforts in preparing and arranging this. The information provided herein is provided “as is” and you read and use this information at your own risk. The publisher and authors disclaim any liabilities for any loss of profit or commercial or personal damages resulting from the use of the information contained in this book.